by Zachary Janowski | Nov 13, 2013 | Economy, Features, General, Politics, State Budget, Taxes & Spending
Democratic state Rep. Bruce “Zeke” Zalaski of Southington didn’t run for re-election last year after a decade in the legislature, but he didn’t retire from public service either. In January, Gov. Dannel Malloy appointed Zalaski to the...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 12, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Taxes & Spending, Unions
A review of 173 cities across the country shows where five of Connecticut’s largest cities stand according to one measure of pension cost. New Haven ranks 27th and spent 10.2 percent of revenue annually on pensions, according to a study by the Center for Retirement...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 7, 2013 | Energy, Features, General
A conservation group is suing the state to force it to throw out a settlement between state officials and a wind-power company that clear-cut 2.5 acres of state forest. The Berkshire-Litchfield Environmental Council is suing the Department of Energy and Environmental...
by Zachary Janowski | Nov 1, 2013 | Features, General, Municipal, Politics
Bridgeport Mayor Bill Finch supported a special permit for a billboard on top of the Webster Bank Arena before the arena donated advertising space on that billboard to the city, which Finch is using to get more Twitter followers. Jonathan Pelto puts it together...
by Zachary Janowski | Oct 31, 2013 | Features, General
Auditors repeated their criticisms Wednesday of the state agency charged with performing background checks on daycare providers, saying it did not follow up on issues raised by the reviews. The Department of Public Health uses “a highly manual process” to conduct...
